Money In The Bank

So, I can cross off a couple things that i need to see as a wrestling fan.

A. Epic, 5 Star Main Event

B. Historic Pay-per view

C. WWE Title change hands

D. The chicago crowd proving why it is THE hot crowd

The main event was amazing. I got most of it recorded on my bloggie, and hope to put some of it up soon. It was everything you could hope for in a pro wrestling match. The stars don't align as often as they used to like that. A 33 minute title match is a gift. I've always been critical of WWE's booking during the last couple years...but this was a home run. It was a great Chicago moment, seeing our hometown boy beat Vince's golden boy, the new Hulk Hogan, John Cena. The montreal screwjob scare, many, MANY false finishes, and Punk finally winning was just....why wresling is an art form. They did so much using the ring as their canvas. Cena deserves credit too. Alberto Del Rio attempting to cash in his title shot and then getting shellacked by Punk, was perfect. That's GREAT booking and keeping the interest going, delivering above and beyond what we as fans bargain for. Punk disappearing into the crowd with the title was also, pitch perfect. He's the new People's champ. Fucking great match.

A couple sidenotes:

1. i wore a purple john cena shirt to the event, i also had a "PUNK IS DEAD" sign, just for shits and giggles

and i got some heat at the chili's by the allstate arena, where some guy called said "nice purple shirt, fag" and then started a loud "Fuck you Cena" chant, directed at me, cuz yeah, I'm John Cena. It was fun. Also, my buddy Jordan, a HARDCORE CM Punk fan, claimed he "didn't know if he could be seen with me." That's some heat, folks. Heat like that doesn't come around often these days.

 I look like a little kid.

2. I actually met CM Punk at Warped Tour '07, back when i was a stoner. It was the summer Chris Benoit happened and i was disillusioned and couldn't watch wrestling. CM Punk was the guy scheduled to wrestle Benoit..match never happened. Either way, Punk was coming out of the pit and i just kinda said "Hey it's CM Punk" He shook my hand, and we went our seperate ways.